johndoe2012

I guess that these are the DVDs talked about?

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Directive_on_Traditional_Herbal_Medicinal_Products ha ha, that's a good one. If this was applied to western medicine, we would be left with penicillin. GMP as invented by the pharmaceutical companies. Unfortunately lobbyism is not strictly regulated (!) in the EU so we see these kinds of tricks from the industry. On another note, the degree of synchronisation of laws in EU and US is getting larger it seems. Hopefully the EP will reverse their stance on this issue. must say the EU is going the wrong direction and has for some time. http://www.wariscrime.com/2008/09/14/video/the-european-union-the-new-soviet-union/ I think France is the only country where the government fears its own people due to their willingness to strike. All other countries, including mine, have become complacent and lazy The economic crisis in EU is however a good sign that we are heading for a collapse of the union and towards independent states again.

Book on non-physical alien entities Regarding benevolence, I don't think suffering from abduction like the cases that Karla Turner has described in her books, completely disregarding free will counts as "good" in my book. It seems that there are "good" aliens and "bad" aliens seen from human perspective. The good ones try to help people grow spiritually, the bad ones experiment on you, steal semen, impregnate women to make hybrids etc. Also seems quite confusing in what they really want, maybe they want humanity to increase self-loathing so they can come and appear as saviors with their fancy machines and then use our resources. Regarding government's role in the alien phenomenon is not so easy to get to the bottom of, since there is a lot of disinformation out there. Maybe they are clueless but evidence seems to point to either military cooperation with groups of aliens or trying to get as much information of the invaders as possible from abductees.

people are inherently creative I think. Maybe it is a expression of the body, inner energies that are translated to outer work. That is why when people get autonomy they get happier: a release of energies is happening. This also includes people doing manual work, people on the "floor". So it is not only for people with higher education as the video says. The need for purpose could come from the conditioned mind, that everything should have a meaning, a purpose, a goal. Once completion is reached, satisfaction is enjoyed. Spirit probably does not need purpose other than awareness of now, enjoying sensations through the body, experiencing the totality of the world. For spirit that is enough, maybe? or maybe drive is inherently from spirit in that it wants to enjoy all expressions of the world?

Liked the video! Very well done and filled with humor Anyway, I think the conclusion is natural for one who has done some inner work. What is amazing is that there are still people thinking the apposite, that is work where bonuses are held in high regard (like my workplace ). In the end, it will probably work out because the top performers will be the companies where there is a lot of autonomy and the companies which hold on to the old time way of management will go under. The next question is: when will government take such scientific studies seriously and start dismantling itself since this is not only related to work but also to states?

Interesting link, thank you. I'm not sure I agree that Awareness blocks, I would say it opens; but maybe it is a difference in terminology. I can however understand the way he connects Quantum Mechanics with awareness. How beautiful! I never thought of that.

Manitou, have you read any of the Seth books? I think your idea about is very similar to the one presented in Seth Speaks The Nature of Personal Reality The Individual and Mass Events

Read I Am That or Law of Attention or books by Nirmala Nothing Personal or...many other books.

never?

I wonder if brawnypandora0 is a bot, not a real human.

in FP there is no specific thing you should or not do after doing the breath sequence, so focusing on the lower dan tien is fine. My understanding on why one should focus on the lower dan tien in respects to emptying mind in Taoist cultivation was recently improved. By focusing there from an awareness point of view the thoughts become more distant and they can be seen as not so important as they seem when looked at from the position of the mind. You can then more easily see your attachments, see the small self as it is rather than identify with the small self and think that that is the only thing you are. Good luck with FP.

I would do "quiet sitting", breathe in, breathe out. Nothing else. Don't force anything, let the breathing be as it is. If it is shallow, it is shallow. If it is deep, it is deep. And so on.

Regarding no 1, I think it is a matter of how open your body/meridians is/are. So if you don't feel anything and this is your first time doing qigong then I would say it is pretty normal. The FP thread can seem to a bit of touch with reality because results are emphasized and this can cause frustration for those that aren't getting any. Personally I did one year of standing - just following The Way of Energy - before starting FP. I think standing is very good at opening your body and FP less good in that area. Terry Dunn also says this very much aligns with my own experience. I have not had the experience of "thick" qi as Fu_dog had but then he has 6-8 years of experience in qigong, myself about 2 years. Pablo who got really good results had 3 years of Zhan Zhuang, Tai Chi and another qigong under the belt. After I started doing Yi Gong I also experienced the qi better in FP. So maybe start with 30 min of standing (power standing from this link http://www.ninedragonbaguazhang.com/jiucom.htm - also known as Wuji standing) and then proceed to FP or maybe a whole year where you follow Way of Energy for an hour a day. Regarding no 2: I also had a period where anger and frustration came to the surface, when I was doing a lot of FP so maybe it is something that is vented because of the practise and so is not bad in itself? What Sloppy says is also good advice.

Songs, thanks for the reference. That book can be read online http://www.albigen.com/uarelove/most_rapid/contents.aspx

Better and cheaper from Terry Dunn. this is actually the level 2 meditations which you link to ($19.95), so someone is trying to sell for $50 what you can get for $20 this item is legit enough.

These sound very much like Flying Phoenix, says however self defense? Terry Dunn has said that FP is only used for healing purposes.

hmm, $299 is a lot, I think if you compare this with the prices of Terry Dunn's DVDs. Terry Dunn will come out with a DVD with some Whiter Tiger meditations (maybe in 2012?) and from http://www.wbbm.se you can contact teachers of Bak Fu Pai to learn the meditations online, I think.